Sagano Line

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221 series on a local service
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System Urban Network
Locale Kyoto Prefecture
Termini Kyoto
Sonobe
Operation
Opening 1988 (1897)
Owner JR West
Technical
Line length 34.2 km (21.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed 130 km/h (80 mph)

The Sagano Line (嵯峨野線 Sagano-sen) is the popular name for a portion of the Sanin Main Line in the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. The electrified and double-tracked railway is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line starts at Kyoto Station and ends at Sonobe Station.

The Sagano Line forms part of JR West's "Urban Network". This name has been in use since 1988.

Sagano Scenic Railway

Main article: Sagano Scenic Railway

The Sagano Scenic Railway (嵯峨野観光鉄道 Sagano Kankō Tetsudō) is a sightseeing railway that uses an abandoned section of the Sanin Main Line originally built in 1897. In 1989, the Sanin Main Line was rerouted between the present day Saga-Arashiyama Station to Umahori to accommodate track duplication and electrification. However the old route which ran along the Hozu River, had been popular with tourists. The Sagano Scenic Railway, an affiliate of JR West and developed jointly with the city of Kameoka, was founded, and the Sagano Scenic Line began operation in 1991.

The track and stations were all formerly used by the Sanin Main Line and still owned by JR West, while the train is composed of a former JR West Class DE10 diesel locomotive and torokko open-sided cars (derived from the English "truck") converted from former freight gondola cars.

The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses):

Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)

Stations

Station Japanese Rapid Distance (km) Connections Location
Sanin Main Line
Kyoto 京都 + 0.0 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Tambaguchi 丹波口 - 2.5
Nijo 二条 + 4.2
  • Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line
 Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Emmachi 円町 + 5.8
Hanazono 花園 - 6.9 Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Uzumasa 太秦 - 8.6
Saga-Arashiyama 嵯峨嵐山 + 10.3
  • Sagano Scenic Railway
Hozukyo 保津峡 - 14.3 Kameoka
Umahori 馬堀 - 18.1
  • Sagano Scenic Railway
Kameoka 亀岡 + 20.2
Namikawa 並河 + 23.4
Chiyokawa 千代川 + 25.2
Yagi 八木 + 28.2 Nantan
Yoshitomi 吉富 + 32.2
Sonobe 園部 + 34.2
Continuing service on the Sanin Main Line to Fukuchiyama and beyond

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